Food Crisis
By CraftyCorner
@CraftyCorner (5600)
United States
April 7, 2008 9:31pm CST
We have a budding food crisis on this planet. Grain prices are climbing toward the stars even as I type this. What solutions do you think are the best for getting the world fed with out destroying the planet we live on?
2 responses
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
9 Apr 08
Hello,CraftyCornor! The food grains production has come down and the population is in the increasing trend for which the food crisis has occurred.so the food grains production along with other productions have to be triggered to feed the teeming millions.you know the agricultural land have come down as most of them have been converted to nonagricultural use.so it has created another problem.since land is limited resource it can't be increased,so the agricultural scientists are trying their best to find out formula to enhance the productivity.in any case the earth is in threat. thank you.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
10 Apr 08
I think that hydroponic towers, several story tall buildings with intensive growing crops added to what we are growing sprawled out on land may help feed more people, especially in the United States.
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@CraftyCorner (5600)
• United States
8 Apr 08
I think that if we are going to go the biofuel rout, we need to avoid using food for biofuel like bird flu. There are other things, like switch grass, that grow on land that is absolutely useless for food growing, that can be used for biofuel.
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Here's an interesting concept that gets more food out of less space and water. It also gets food plants out of the out doors, which is proving to have a more unpredictable climate that is full of disease and petulance.
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http://www.verticalfarm.com/
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It uses hydroponics, a pampering of the plants, letting them work less at survival so they can fruit more.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
8 Apr 08
yes, I have heard of that, and I think hydroponics is a great thing
You can even use "grey" water as part of hydroponics and come out with cleaner water in the end - if you are using certain kinds of "grey" water.
You can also use animal/vegetable waste for gas production - and a good use for it too...
Well, we'll see.
